February 2002

The Brazos Valley experienced below normal temperatures for the predominant part of the month. However, this month saw only one record broken, which occurred on the 27th with the 3rd lowest temperature ever recorded in February. The previous record set on 1977 of 31°F was shattered by an amazing 14°F when a continental Arctic air mass filtered down from Canada. Although the air mass was extremely frigid, it was short-lived, and moderated within 3 days. Ironically the maximum wind gust of 38 mph did not occur with the Arctic front, but rather on the 21st with a weak frontal passage through the area. Three rain days this month amounted to 1.63" of precipitation, but increased the water deficit to 2.47" for the year. Precipitation was suppressed by the domination of high pressure over the region for a large part of the month.

Daily Temperature

Daily Precipitation

Monthly Temperature Summary

Day

Maximum

Minimum

*Departure

Total

Mean

Value

*Departure

1

49°F

37°F

‑9°F

Maximum

62.1°F

‑3.4°F

2

53°F

31°F

‑10°F

Minimum

35.8°F

‑7.6°F

3

57°F

41°F

‑3°F

Average

48.9°F

‑5.6°F

4

55°F

45°F

‑2°F

0.07"

Degree Days

Total

*Departure

5

45°F

39°F

‑10°F

1.14"

Heating

445

+136

6

42°F

30°F

‑17°F

Cooling

0

‑14

7

57°F

28°F

‑10°F

Numberof Days:

Total

*Departure

8

62°F

30°F

‑7°F

Maximum ≥ 90°F

0

0

9

72°F

41°F

+4°F

Maximum ≤ 32°F

0

0

10

52°F

38°F

‑8°F

Minimum ≤ 32°F

12

+6

11

55°F

30°F

‑12°F

12

64°F

29°F

‑8°F

Monthly Precipitation Summary

13

68°F

34°F

‑3°F

Precipitation

Value

*Departure

14

67°F

39°F

‑1°F

Monthly Total

1.63"

‑0.75"

15

71°F

43°F

+2°F

Year-to-date Total

3.23"

‑2.47"

16

63°F

32°F

‑8°F

Days ≥ 0.01"

3

‑5

17

69°F

29°F

‑6°F

18

75°F

46°F

+6°F

Monthly Extremes

19

74°F

49°F

+6°F

0.42"

Extreme

Value

Date(s)

20

73°F

45°F

+3°F

Highest Temperature

78°F

21st

21

78°F

43°F

+4°F

Lowest Temperature

17°F

27th

22

65°F

35°F

‑6°F

Max. 24-hour Precip.

1.15"

4th-5th

23

72°F

31°F

‑4°F

Maximum Wind Gust

38 mph

21st

24

77°F

41°F

+2°F

25

72°F

43°F

+0°F

Record Book for February

26

45°F

27°F

‑21°F

T

Highest Temperature

99°F

1996

27

49°F

17°F

‑24°F

Lowest Temperature

5°F

1951

28

57°F

29°F

‑15°F

Highest Minimum

70°F

1922

Lowest Maximum

5°F

1951

Wettest Month

9.82"

1992

Driest Month

0.01"

1916

Wettest 24 Hours

6.26"

2012

"T" indicates daily precipitation ≤ 0.005".BOLDFACE indicates an extreme daily value for the month.ITALICS indicates a daily record was set or tied.
*Departure from the 1971‑2000 normal.

*New Records Set

Day

Parameter

Value

Old Record

Year

27th

Tied lowest minimum temperature

17°F

17°F

2002

*Near Records

Day

Parameter

Value

Record

Year

26th

Tied 2nd lowest minimum temperature

27°F

24°F

1960

26th

Tied 2nd lowest maximum temperature

45°F

42°F

1982

28th

Tied 2nd lowest minimum temperature

29°F

28°F

1962

*NOTE: Records from 1910 through July 1951 are based on observations taken at the Texas AgriculturalExperiment Station main farm located 7 miles SW of College Station. Records from August 1951 throughthe present are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field.